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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system, innate and acquired immunity, the bodily distinction of self from nonself, and laboratory techniques involving the interaction of antigens with specific antibodies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The science which studies the immune system, the processes of immunity, and the nature of the immune response, and techniques of analysis which use the immune response.

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  • noun medicine The branch of medicine that studies the body's immune system.

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  • noun the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system

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Examples

  • The opportunity for research projects in tumor immunology is also available for the oculoplastic fellow.

    Curriculum 2010

  • Dr. Finkel is an internationally recognized expert in immunology and rheumatology, having published widely on the biology, pathogenesis and therapy of childhood arthritis and autoimmune disease.

    Rheumatology 2010

  • I finally found my direction when I took a course in immunology, which I found fascinating.

    Linda B. Buck - Autobiography 2005

  • Medawar for the discovery of immunological tolerance, a discovery in immunology of minor importance compared with the clonal selection theory.

    The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1997

  • In the early 1970s when Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel had begun their scientific work within immunology, it was possible to distinguish between antibody-mediated and cell - mediated immunity.

    Physiology or Medicine 1996 - Press Release 1996

  • Seven years later, following the suggestion of Dr. Renato Dulbecco, I left the United States to embark on research in immunology at the

    Susumu Tonegawa - Banquet Speech 1988

  • That this year's prize is given for work in immunology follows a long tradition.

    Niels K. Jerne - Banquet Speech 1985

  • Niels K. Jerne is the leading theoretician in immunology during the last 30 years.

    Physiology or Medicine 1984 - Press Release 1984

  • Several concepts in immunology now considered as self-evident have their roots in some of his pioneering thoughts.

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 - Presentation Speech 1984

  • Our most significant discovery in immunology was probably the identification of the protein pair that rearranges immunoglobulin genes, the so-called RAG proteins.

    David Baltimore - Autobiography 1976

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